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From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] mozilla-firefox (SSA:2017-271-01)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:02:06 -0700 (PDT)
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[slackware-security]  mozilla-firefox (SSA:2017-271-01)

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-52.4.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz:  Upgraded.
  This release contains security fixes and improvements.
  For more information, see:
    https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefoxESR.html
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!  :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-52.4.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-52.4.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-56.0-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-56.0-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
d08edef30940704178f368ddbe2ab0d0  mozilla-firefox-52.4.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
f8f23fa85f7b9e671fd62fb00257f730  mozilla-firefox-52.4.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
bf85d1f313641a7162f646981ea8cdcc  xap/mozilla-firefox-56.0-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
9dc979f12e041d4fae4224b4d4cf51dd  xap/mozilla-firefox-56.0-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-52.4.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

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